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profile id: 38469
profile name: Hernando de Soto
profile occupation: Explorer
profile id: 9176298
profile name: Jane Addams
profile occupation: Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Philanthropist
profile id: 37152
profile name: Venustiano Carranza
profile occupation: Military Leader, World Leader
profile id: 9281288
profile name: Katherine Dunham
profile occupation: Anthropologist, Activist, Choreographer, Journalist
profile id: 9310826
profile name: John Gielgud
profile occupation: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director, Producer
profile id: 9261163
profile name: Robert Creeley
profile occupation: Educator, Poet
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